When one is thought of only as a mouth to feed1, it is difficult to think of others as anything more than empty air.

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1. Item 1195. Economical Family Pudding.Bruise with a wooden spoon, through a cullender, six large or twelve middle-sized potatoes. Beat four eggs and mix with a pint of good milk. Stir in the potatoes. sugar and seasoning to taste, butter the dish, bake half an hour. This receipt is simple and economical, as it is made of what is wasted in most families, viz., cold potatoes, which may be kept two or three days, till a sufficient quantity is collected. Enquire within upon Everything